Adjustable support for barrels and the like



March 23 1926. 1,578,184

' E. F. BEUGLER ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR BARRELS AND THE LIKE Filed June 19. 1924' l atented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,578,184 PATENT ore-ice- EDWIN F. BEUGLER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO E. &, B, HOLMES MACHIN- ERY CO., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR BARRELS ANT) THE LIKE.

Application filed June 19, 1924. Serial No. 720,969.

New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Supports for Barrels and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barrel support for barrel making machines and more particularly means for supporting barrels of;

different heights in machines which apply heads to-the bodies of the barrels.

. It is the object of this invention to provide barrel supporting means which are of simple construction, not liable to get out of order and capable of being readily and easily adjusted for elevating or lowering the supporting surface and thus adapt the same to the height of the barrel which is being headed or otherwise operated upon.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved barrel support.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section of the same taken on line 33, Fig. 1.

Figure f is a circumferential section taken on line l-et, Fig. 1, and showing the platform or table elevated into its highest position. 1

Figure 5 is a similar View showing the platform or table depressed into its lowermost position.

Similar characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawings.

The numeral indicates the base of the barrel support, the same being provided with a circular well 11 which is open at the top and bottom and extends through the front side of the base by a passage 12 so that when this base rests on a floor any material falling into the well can be conveniently swept forwardly out of the same.

The numeral l3 represents a table or platform having a horizontal upper side which forms the surface upon which the barrel is supported at its lower end while being operated upon. This table is preferably of circular form and mounted within the well of the base by means which permit of raising and lowering the table so as to adjust the supporting surface thereof relatively to the parts of the machine which operate upon the barrel and so as'to permit of supporting and working on'barrels differing in height. The preferred means of accomplishing this adjustment which are shown in the drawings are constructed as follows At the lower one of the circumferential wall 15 of the well in the base'the same is 16. On theupper side of this fiangethe same is provided with a plurality of shelves 11', preferably three in number which are disposed substantially equidistant arouna the well, as shown in Figure 1, and each of which has an inclined or cam shapedupper surface.

On the periphery of the table or platform the same is provided with a pluralityof lateral projections or lugs19 arranged equidistant circumferentially and corresponding in number to the number of shelves on the base, and each provided with a lower inclined or cam surface which engages with one of the cam surfaces of one of the shelves and inclines at the same angle. The cams of the table rest on the cams of the base and are retained in position thereon solely by gravity. hen it is desired to raise the table it is turned in the direction for engaging a lower part of each of its cam faces with a higher part of a cam face on the base, and when it is desired to lower the table it is turned in the reverse direction so as to engage a higher partof each of its cam faces with the lower part of a cam face on the base.

For the purpose of interlocking each cam lug on the table with the companion cam shelf on the base and hold these parts in whatever relative position the same may be adjusted each of the shelves is provided on its upper cam faces with a circumferential row of V-shaped teeth, serrations or corrugations 21, and each of the lugs of the table is provided on its lower cam surface with a similar row of teeth, serrations or corrugations 22. are adapted to interlock with each other in whichever position the table may be adjusted circumferentially and thus hold the table at the proper elevation best suited for the height of the particular barrel which is being coopered.

The teeth of the table and base For convenience in turning the table the same is provided on diametrically opposite parts of its supporting surface with two hand holes by means of which the operator may conveniently grasp the table and lift and turn the same the required extent for raising or lowering the same on the base.

These means for adjusting the support of the barrel vertically are not only very simple, but they are also not liable to get out of order when subject to rough usage, and they will permit of adjusting the support very quickly and easily without requiring any tools for this purpose.

I claim as my invention 1. A support for barrels and the like, comprising a base having a circular well, a circular wall for said well, an inwardly projecting flange on the lower part of said wall, and shelves arranged on said flange and each provided with an upper cam surface, and a rotatable table arranged in said well and provided with an annular row of laterally projecting lugs each of which has a lower cam surface adapted to engage the cam surface of one of said shelves.

2. A support for barrels and the like, comprising a base having a circular well, a circular wall for said well, an inwardly projecting flange on the lower part of said wall, and shelves arranged on said flange and each provided with an upper cam surface, and a rotatable table arranged in said well and provided with an annular row of laterally projecting lugs each of which has a lower cam surface adapted to engage the cam surface of one of said shelves, and said cam surfaces being provided with interlocking teeth.

3. A support for barrels and the like, comprising a base having a well which extends by a passage to the front side of the base, a table rotatable in said well, and cooperating cams on said base and table for raising and lowering the latter upon rotating the same in one direction or the other.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

EDWVIN F. BEUGLER. 

